Gainesville, Texas 1862

On 3rd November 1862,  Joel Francis DeLemeron  was tried for treason against the Confederate Government - Just weeks after the Great Hanging...

  Obituary of Nannie L Brand Daughter of a Gainesville Hanging Victim   Below is an obituary of Nannie L (Miller) Brand .  She died at the a...

 Dicy A Chiles Another obituary has been located for Dicy Chiles, the widow of Henry Chiles.  At the time of her death, Dicy was living in M...

The newspaper article below was printed in the Texas Republican newspaper on 1 November 1862, and then reprinted by newspapers around the co...

It has just been brought to my attention that Leon Russell. aged 90, passed away on July 18, 2019.  Farwell to a great person. I first met ...

The following was published 7 Oct 2019 in the Gainesville Daily Register, Gainesville, Texas. For Whom the Bell Tolls:   Great Hangin...

Shattered Family Relationships  Among the Victims of the Great Hanging Many of the victims of the Great Hanging were related to one ano...

Thanks to Hershel Parker for the comment left on the Henry Chiles blog post about the 1894 newspaper article in the St Louis Republic. 😊 ...

Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity and Dissidence in the Trans-Mississippi Editors: Deborah M Liles and Angela Boswell Chap...

The following information was posted on "Gainesville Texas - The Great Hanging" Facebook page.  Great news! Director Johnatha...

Below is a copy of the program for the "Great Hanging" Monument Dedication.  Just in case, you lost yours or did not get one. ...

A year ago, I posted an article entitled " Gainesville's Forgotten People ."  At the time, I wondered why a memorial had not b...

The dedication of the Gainesville "Great Hanging" monument took place on  Saturday, October 18, 2014,  a beautiful fall day in Tex...